Diary of a spendy cow

Lurker1972

tomtombeanie wrote: »

Thank you for the jambalaya link - have made it tonight with great success, chucked in some chicken & a salami type sausage I bought reduced in aldi, veg & homemade Cajun seasoning - super yum

Good to know it's a weight watchers success, too - I am not really following it at the moment, have maintained more or less for nearly 2 years now, but every now and then I find my jeans straining at the waist and track again for a few weeks...

This looks scrummy......can it be frozen?

mooomin

Lurker1972 wrote: »

This looks scrummy......can it be frozen?

No idea, it doesn't last long enough in this house :rotfl::rotfl:

Lurker1972

mooomin wrote: »

No idea, it doesn't last long enough in this house :rotfl::rotfl:

Mmmm that would probably be the case here too, which is why our waistlines are increasing!

mooomin

I suspect the weekly spend challenge is knackered for this week

Started today with: £12.60
Hot water at work: £1.20
Birthday card: £1
Popcorn x2: £1.40

BUT! In the change I got a £2 coin, so that's had to go in the jar, leaving me with £7. Oops.

I was still within budget at this point but then I went to Sainsbury's and was dazzled by their 25% off clothing sale. Again, oops.

I bought Mr Mooo a jumper which had been £10, but was half price in the sale AND had 25% off, so it cost £3.75 :money: I then bought some new undies for me which were £6 but cost £4.50 with the discount. I'm now sitting at -£1.25.

In addition to my clothes I also got a scarf for my uncle's Christmas (£6 after discount) and some candles for my mum (£1.20 each instead of £4). She loves candles but Papa Mooo thinks they're a waste of money so I buy them for her when I can They'll form part of her Christmas parcel.

All of this canny shopping, along with the catfood I went to buy in the first place, took me over the £20 spend threshold so I got an additional 400 points and someone had left their brand match coupon by the till so I saved another 28p :rotfl: :money:

I'm off to do some Adpoints now until it's time to fall asleep - can't imagine it'll take long...

mooomin

Accounts update

Credit card: £66.62
Current account: £240
Savings: £830
Food account: £163.90
Christmas: £344.45

Ali-OK

Oh wow Moomin, your CC is reducing very quickly indeed. :T

You and me both in SB :rotfl: - I picked up a long sleeved t-shirt for DS with 25% off (£4.50) and came close to getting a little jacket (£30 full price)...but stopped myself. Quite chuffed as I could think of several things to wear it with and had an extra points voucher for TUI clothing.

I didn't spot the candles :mad: Possibly a good job with our rate of burning them :rotfl:

Do you create a hamper with a basket or a gift bag? I'm still working out a thrifty way to put together some individual bits into a parcel for a present.

tomtombeanie

Lurker1972 wrote: »

This looks scrummy......can it be frozen?

I think so, one of my boys wasn't here for tea last night so I have some left. Going to portion it into two servings & freeze in plastic tubs - I wondered the same thing and found this...

http://freezesbeautifully.wordpress.com/2010/08/09/jambalaya/

beanielou

Luckily our Sainsbobs only sell kids clothes!!

tomtombeanie

Ali-OK wrote: »

Do you create a hamper with a basket or a gift bag? I'm still working out a thrifty way to put together some individual bits into a parcel for a present.

The fruit & veg display boxes in shops like asda or sainsburys can be great for hampers - all different sizes depending on your gift, if you ask they will just give them to you, you can then cover with nice cheap wrapping paper & fill as required. I usually put cellophane wrap over the top of mine for the wow factor but that's not necessary if you haven't got any. Good place for that is country baskets, they have a website if no shops near you

mooomin

Free listing on Ebay today so I'm going to get some stuff listed tonight so it ends at a decent time on Sunday. My current bids are up to £38.39

I bought the Body Shop deal with Groupon this morning, so have a £30 voucher to spend for some additional Christmas bits that only cost me £15 :j

I'm pretty sure I'm coming down with a cold - I'm really sniffy this morning I'm meant to be doing my induction at the gym tonight, so I'll need to see how I'm feeling. I'm going to take some Sudafed and see how I feel.